Absolutely.

I have slight sympathy with some of their fans as it wasn’t their fault and they’ve not stuck through some horrible times.

But the club itself doesn’t deserve any sympathy.

Like you say I feel far more sympathy for the companies they left out of pocket including other RL clubs who lost income and potential trophies and who had to pay all their players more because of Bradford spending more than they could afford.

Clubs overspending is often only viewed as if it’s only a problem for that club. It’s not. It affects other clubs and the whole sport.

Leeds 2005 campaign was made harder by Bradford’s overspending, not only on the salary cap but versus their own income. If they’d been spending what they could actually afford then maybe Leeds win that 2005 Grand Final instead?

Great video on the great Roy Francis. https://youtu.be/FRX27awOb6g

Great video on the great Roy Francis. https://youtu.be/FRX27awOb6g

Quote ="Jack Burton"Great video on the great Roy Francis. https://youtu.be/FRX27awOb6g'" When I started watching league there were still a few guys in the Leeds team who had been coached by Francis. Neil Hague was one and he had a remarkable fitness record, hardly ever missing games though injury. He credited that to the training regime Roy Francis had in place early on in his career. I think a lot of older fans know very well who he is and he is rightly revered.

Quote ="Jack Burton"Great video on the great Roy Francis. https://youtu.be/FRX27awOb6g'" When I started watching league there were still a few guys in the Leeds team who had been coached by Francis. Neil Hague was one and he had a remarkable fitness record, hardly ever missing games though injury. He credited that to the training regime Roy Francis had in place early on in his career. I think a lot of older fans know very well who he is and he is rightly revered.

i agree. Warren probably the best for his longevity and smoothness a bit like martin tyler from the football over here but i loved darryl eastlake who did all the aussie tests and state of origin games 80s and early 90s him of henderson gill 'doing a bit of a boogie!' fame had some great catch phrases and his tone was quality. of today i like vossy.

Im no Union fan but its a totally different sport to league and you cant really compare the two sports. You potentially only have the ball for 1 tackle in Union you arent guaranteed 6 if you dont drop it. League is a game of possession and Union a game of territory.

Iestyn was such a natural player, but not a natural athlete, speed off the mark and body swerve, but Lacked real pace over anything above 30-40 meters, Think he had to work really hard on his fitness and weight in his first spell in league, he put a bit of weight on in union and lost some fitness, maybe only 5-10kg and lost 10% fitness, but that was enough to lose his impact. Stayed in league he would have been hall of fame.